Michael McFarland is an American voice actor, ADR director, script writer and line producer who works on English dubs of Japanese anime.
He has voice directed on multiple Funimation titles including Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Case Closed, and Attack on Titan, the Rebuild of Evangelion films, and Summer Wars.
On January 10, 2025, it was announced by a representative of Central Florida Comic Con on Twitter that McFarland would not be attending the event due to an illness.
[64] Two days later, on January 12, voice actor Colleen Clinkenbeard revealed in a tweet that McFarland was admitted to a hospital due to a Brain tumor, and underwent emergency surgery, but was recovering.
[65] Clickenbeard also linked a GoFundMe page for McFarland on her post, which was spread by several past and present voice actors in the industry, as well as fans.